Mexico High School Lady Bulldogs had reason to celebrate Tuesday night. They got back on the winning side, beating conference rival Moberly Lady Spartans 58-35, dominated play throughout the game, and senior Brooke Costley hit the 1000 point mark in her career.

The game started slow with the Lady Spartans playing on the heels of the Lady Dawgs. Mexico regrouped and put together a strong second quarter outscoring Moberly 27-1 in the second, hitting six of their 11 three-pointers on the night.

"I've been preaching that we have a good shooting team and when we decide to defend and move with out the ball we become a better team," stated MHS coach Ed Costley. Anne Baker was able to break her shooting slump hitting four from three-point range on the night. "We've had girls stepping up every night giving us good balance on offense," added Costley. In the first half the Lady Dawgs shot 69 percent from three-point range making 9 of 13.

"Moberly put together a strong third as we expected and we talked about limiting the runs and taking care of the ball," stated Costley. Mexico had only seven turnovers for the night.

"This was a good win for our ball team winning 6 of last 7 games," said the coach.

Mexico, 10-6 overall and 3-1 in conference, plays at home again Thursday against Boonville.

SCORE BY QUARTER:

MEXICO: 12-27-9-9

MOBERLY: 13-1-17-4

MEXICO STATS:

Brooke Costley: 20P, 4 assists, 1 block, 3RB, 2 steals.

Remi Greenwell: 4P, 2 assists, 1RB, 1 steal.

Ashlie Woodruff: 1P, 1 assist, 1RB.

Karen Baker: 5P, 1 assist, 1 block, 5RB.

Kelli Ingrum: 2P, 2RB.

Alison Mudd: 10P, 1 assis, 2RB.

Anne Baker: 16P, 3 assists, 6RB, 2 steals.

The junior varsity game was not a good shooting night for the Lady Dawgs who could not get many transition baskets. Taking care of the ball hurt their chances in the game in their 33-23 loss to the Lady Spartans.

Leading the way for Mexico was Alison Mudd with 11 points.

MHS BOYS BASKETBALL: The Mexico Bulldogs defeated the Moberly Spartans 56-47 Tuesday night at home to take sole possession of first place in the NCMC. The two state ranked teams, the Bulldogs are ranked 7 and the Spartans are ranked 8 in the state.

The game did not give the fans anything except exciting high school basketball. Mexico and Moberly went back and forth in the first quarter as the Bulldogs held on to a 2-point lead at the end of the first quarter 17-15. Mexico got a burst off the bench as Jaeon Nunnelly slashed through the Moberly defense for several layups in the second quarter as the Bulldogs went ito the locker room at the half up 29-22. Mexico continued to execute and shoot the ball well in the third quarter as Jon Anderson hit back-to-back 3 point shots to put the Bulldogs up 44-31 after three quarters of play. The Bulldogs and Spartans traded baskets in the fourth quarter and Moberly closed the gap to 6 points before Cole Jaramillo hit back-to- back 3 point shots to secure the 9 point victory.

Page 2 of 2 - Coach Brennan Scanlon was pleased with how his team played in the first big conference test of the season. "The Bulldogs executed in the half court and were able to make some plays in transition with our defensive pressure," he stated.

The win secures the Bulldogs their 13th victory of the season and also moves them into sole possession of first place in the NCMC at 4-0.